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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

The unspoken question posed by the 2019 Humanism Magazine theme,
“Staying Human,” is this: In the hustle and bustle of our rapidly
changing world, and amid personal and professional obligations that
keep each of us busy, do we lose touch with the core qualities that make
us human and, thus, erode humanistic behavior?
The stories, poems and photos in these pages offer an answer:
Sometimes, perhaps, but reacquainting ourselves with what makes us
human often is as simple as caring for another, experiencing a different
culture, witnessing an act of kindness, or taking time to appreciate
artistic expression.
The personal journeys taken by each author featured in this year’s
magazine offer abundant proof of how shared experience helps each of
us “stay human,” and reinforce the WesternU ethos of inclusive
scientific humanism and compassion. Enjoy and (re-)humanize!

Daniel R. Wilson, MD, PhD
President, Western University of Health Sciences

Left: President Wilson and Mrs. Sandra Wilson, Convocation Ceremony, August 2018,
Pomona, California.
Below: More than 30 third-year COMP Pomona students were inducted into the
Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) on March 20, 2019. For more photos, visit us on
Facebook: http://ow.ly/XCig30o8xIz

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